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Abolish System Verb Authority Practice Formally Put End

word abolish
definition
verb
If someone in authority abolishes a system or practice, they formally put an end to it.
The following year Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for murder.
The whole system should be abolished.
inflections abolishesabolishingabolished
cefr-level C1

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